By DJ 33 1/3
Mar 15, 2021
100,000 Miami-Dade households will be getting free high-speed internet due to a $30 million program by hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin.
County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, organized with the Miami Foundation and Achieve Miami to launch Miami Connected. W
Comcast, will connect households in Overtown, Little Haiti, Liberty City and Homestead, and over the next two years connect throughout the county on a school-by-school basis.
Griffin, has pledged $5 million along with other commitments from the city of Miami, the Children’s Trust, and Achieve Miami Founder Leslie Miller Saiontz.